Open Tuning 2023 is just around the corner! Join us in Seaton Village on June 10 from 2 to 10 p.m. for live performances at multiple venues, with performers of all ages, skills and genres. Start your festival at our Information Table in Vermont Square Park – grab a venue map, then check out the music happening on the Park Stage. Wander the neighbourhood and enjoy performances on porches, in garages and other cool places. Festival venues will run from 2 to 7 p.m., and the Closing Show starts at 8 p.m. on the Vermont Park Stage. We’ll post more details about venues and performers soon! Keep checking here and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @opentuningfest for more updates.
We’re ecstatic that Open Tuning Festival is returning this year to Seaton Village on June 10th! We need to get the word out in order to source hosts for venues (ie. porches) and performers.
On April 16th we’ll be hosting a mass leaflet distribution day. This is a perfect way to get your whole family involved in some volunteering and to support what many call their favourite day to be in Seaton Village.
Do you want to host live music at your porch, garage, storefront or front yard? Are you a musician that wants to perform and invite others to join? If so, the Open Tuning Festival, on Saturday, June 10th, is for you! It’s easy connect with us to register a venue. We’ll help promote your venue and support you throughout the process. Contact us at opentune.coordinator@gmail.com
Open Tuning 2023 needs your help! We are committed to bringing back a live and in-person Open Tuning Festival on June 10th, 2023, but we need organizing committee volunteers to make it happen. Communications and planning help is needed right now, and we will call out for more festival logistics volunteers in the coming weeks.
If you love live music and want to see a return of this great community event, please write to opentune.coordinator@gmail.com.
It’s fun, and not a lot of work, but we really need some helpers to get it up and running.
We can’t wait to see you all on porches, in garages, and in laneways, bringing live music back to the neighbourhood on June 10th!
Like what you hear? Remember to share, like and re-post performances you visit using the hashtag #OpenTuning21
Help build the momentum and promote our wonderful artists to make this year’s festival a HUGE success.
We look forward to seeing you online!
Your Open Tuning Volunteer Organizers.
This year, in lieu of a donation to the festival, we ask that audience members support festival performers by purchasing their music and merch or by donating to organizations who financially support musicians, such as the Unison Benevolent Fund. This program – created and administered for the music community, by the music community – provides both financial relief and health/counselling support to music industry professionals in times of crisis. Learn more at http://www.unisonfund.ca/
There are two types of performance this year. WATCH ANYTIME performances are pre-recorded and can be enjoyed throughout the day. Check the schedule for details.
LIVE performances are scheduled for specific times. Check the schedule for details.
Russell Leon, musician and Open Tuning volunteer, gives us toe-tapping introduction to the 2021 festival.
For the second year in a row, we are taking Open Tuning online. Over the past seven years, this completely free, DIY festival has been bringing people together through a one-day live music event. On Saturday, June 5th, from 2:00 – 10:00 p.m., we are inviting people to celebrate music by performing in the comfort of their own homes and sharing their music virtually. The festival is open to musicians of all ages and levels of experience and all genres of music.
Look for the hashtag #opentuning21 on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram
For the second year in a row, we are taking Open Tuning online. Over the past seven years, this completely free, DIY festival has been bringing people together through a one-day live music event.
On Saturday, June 5th, from 2:00 – 10:00 p.m., we are inviting people to celebrate music by performing in the comfort of their own homes and sharing their music virtually. The festival is open to musicians of all ages and levels of experience and all genres of music.
MUSICIAN REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who signed up! See you this Saturday!
Inspired by La Fete de la Musique in Paris, France, Open Tuning was founded in Toronto in 2013 by a group of Seaton Village residents looking to fill the alleyways, sidewalks, garages, porches and parks with beautiful, free music for all to enjoy. While we cannot gather in person this year, we still want to share the joy of music together.
Our volunteers will post the festival day schedule on the Open Tuning website (www.opentuning.org) and help musicians promote their performances through our social media feeds. We are inviting musicians to spread the word about the festival on social media, using the #OpenTuning21 hashtag.
In lieu of a donation to the festival, we ask that audience members support the festival performers by purchasing their music or donating to organizations who financially support musicians, such as the Unison Benevolent Fund. This program – created and administered for the music community, by the music community – provides both financial relief and health/counselling support to music industry professionals in times of crisis. Learn more at http://www.unisonfund.ca/.
Below is a list of known performers for today’s’ virtual festival. You can discover all performers by searching today’s festival hashtag #opentuning20 on Facebook,Twitter and Instagram.
pre-recorded video available after 1:00, folk/roots, “sweet vocals & soulful lyrics”
Hayley Verrall
1:00pm
Live
Facebook
@HayleyVerallMusic
award winning country singer/songwriter
Storm Free
2:00pm
Live
Facebook
@StormFree47
Phish cover band from Toronto, We have a VERY special announcement about Saturday’s backyard stream…we are so excited to have the one and only @jskyeengel joining us on socially-distant bass!!
Canadiana 🇨🇦folk/rock w/ a twist of country. Catchy songs of ❤️, life & environmental.
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Thanks to all today’s musicians who re-invented their live performance in order to take part. You are all amazing!
Remember Open Tuning is a Festival for anyone to perform, no matter what genre, age or skill level. So please like, react and leave comments – and let’s keep it positive 🙂
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